A Cornell University poll found that 44 percent of Americans still believe that some curtailment of civil liberties may be necessary for Muslims living in the United States. Similarly, over one-fourth of Americans surveyed (26 percent) believed that US mosques should be targeted with increased surveillance by law enforcement agencies. And to aid in that effort, nearly 30 percent of Americans thought that undercover law enforcement agents should monitor the constitutionally-protected activities of American Muslim civic organizations.

XREF: Connects to broader themes of post-9/11 surveillance state and the domestic war on terror literature. QUESTION: Worth exploring why a quarter of Americans support surveillance of religious institutions despite constitutional protections.

XREF: Connects to broader survey data on public attitudes toward civil liberties during perceived national security threats, e.g., post-9/11 polling.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 756